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21. May 2009 | 02:11

Twitter Surges Past Digg, LinkedIn, And NYTimes.com With 32 Million Global Visitors

How quickly they grow. Remember when Twitter was just a little pipsqueek, with less than 10 million monthly unique visitors to its site worldwide? That was back in February, 2009. Fast-forward to April, and Twitter’s U.S. visitors alone reached 17 million . Now comScore has released its worldwide numbers and it estimates Twitter’s global unique visitors in April, 2009 was a whopping 32 million, … (News Source: TechCrunch - 22:50:39)

Terminator Salvation (2009)

The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers. The fourth installment of the Terminator series follows an adult John Connor (played by Christian Bale ) as he attempts to organize a human resistance force which could prove to be mankind’s last true hope in the war against the machines. (News Source: New York Times - 17:51:34)

NYTimes columnist admits using blogger’s words

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has admitted to using a paragraph virtually word-for-word from a prominent liberal blogger without attribution. (News Source: AP via Yahoo! News - 16:13:02)

Sprint Confident That Palm Pre Will Be A ‘Blockbuster’

Is it possible for a cellphone to have even higher expectations pinned on it than the iPhone? The Nytimes.com reports that Sprint , perhaps understandably, given its struggles in the last few years, has “particularly high hopes” for the Palm Pre, which it will launch on June 6 as its exclusive carrier. (News Source: paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance - 13:34:47)

Tuesday Silicon Valley news link report

Google CEO urges grads: ‘Turn off your computer’ -AP “Turn off your computer. You’re actually going to have to turn off your phone and discover all that is human around us,” Schmidt said. “Nothing beats holding the hand of your grandchild as he walks his first steps.” Baseball Tickets Too Much? Check Back Tomorrow -NYTimes The Giants are the first major league team to test the software, which … (News Source: ZDNet - 21:50:55)

Getting Money from Readers Who Won’t Pay for Online News

Newspapers can probably make a few bucks charging directly for news on other platforms. The Web? Forget about it. Charging on the Web won’t work for general-news publishers, and there are better alternatives. Here’s one of them. (News Source: Editor & Publisher - 21:28:56)

EXCLUSIVE: Top 30 News/Current Event Sites for April — Huff Post and Fox Both Gain

NEW YORK MSNBC.com continues to secure the top 30 current event and global news destination sites in the month of April. The site reported 40 million monthly uniques, a 24% increase year-over-year, according to Nielsen Online. (News Source: Editor & Publisher - 22:29:21)

A Consumer?s Guide to the New Credit Card Rules

A primer on the new restrictions that credit card companies face, and some reassurances on those rewards programs. (News Source: New York Times - 17:53:23)

Nielsen Numbers Disputed Again: This Time It’s The New York Times

Eight newspaper sites in the top 30 experienced drops in monthly unique visitors in April, according to Nielsen Online-and at least two are already protesting. The April stats and the protests were reported by Nielsen sibling E&P, which said the New York Times, whose nytimes.com was down 8 percent, and SeattlePI.com, down 17 percent, dispute the results. (News Source: paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance - 04:24:37)

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